Setlist: The Very Of Willie

Willie Nelson Setlist: The Very Of Willie Lyrics
1.I Gotta Get Drunk

Writer(s):Willie Nelson

Well I gotta get drunk and I sure do dread it
Cuz I know just what I'm gonna do
I'll start to spend my money callin' everybody honey
And I'll wind up singin' the blues
I'll spend my whole paycheck on some old wreck
And brother I can name you a few
Well I gotta get drunk and I sure do dread it
Cuz I know just what I'm gonna do

I gotta get drunk, I just can't stay sober
There's a lot of good people in town
Who like to see me holler, see me spend my dollar
And I wouldn't dream of lettin' 'em down
There's a lot of doctors tell me
That I'd better start slowing it down
But there's more old drunks than there are old doctors
So I guess we'd better have another round

Well I gotta get drunk and I sure do dread it
Cuz I know just what I'm gonna do
I'll start to spend my money callin' everybody honey
And I'll wind up singin' the blues
I'll spend my whole paycheck on some old wreck
And brother I can name you a few
Well I gotta get drunk and I sure do dread it
Cuz I know just what I'm gonna do


2.Medley: Mr. Record Man; Hello Walls; One Day At A Time

Writer(s):Willie Nelson


3.The Last Letter/Half A Man(Live)

Lyricist:Rex Griffin/Willie Nelson
Writer(s):Rex Griffin/Willie Nelson


4.Touch Me(Live)

Lyricist:Willie Nelson
Writer(s):Willie Nelson

Touch me, touch the hand of a man
Who once owned all the world
And touch, me touch the arms
That once held all the charms
Of the world's sweetest girl
Touch me, maybe someday you may
Need to know how it feels when you lose
And so touch me, you'll know
How you feel with the blues

Watch me, watch the eyes
That have seen all the heartache
And pain in the land
And be thankful you're happy though
Standing so close to the world's bluest man
Don't forget me, take a good look
At someone who's lost everything he can lose
And then touch me and you'll know
How you'd feel with the blues


Don't forget me take a good look...


5.A Good Hearted Woman

Lyricist:Waylon Jennings/Willie Nelson
Writer(s):Waylon Jennings/Willie Nelson

A long time forgotten
Are dreams that just felt by the way
And the good life he promised
Is not what she's living to day

But she never complains of
The bad times or bad things he's done
She's just talks about the good times they've had
And all the good times to come

She's a good hearted woman
In love with a good timin' man
And she loves him in spite of his ways
That she don't understand

And through teardrops and laughter
They'll pass through this world hand in hand
This good hearted woman
In love with her good timin' man

Well now, he likes the night life
The bright lights and good timin' friends
And when the party's all over
She welcome him back home again

Though she don't understand him
She does the best that she can
This good hearted woman
In love with her good timin' man

She's a good hearted woman
In love with a good timin' man
And she loves him in spite of his ways
That she don't understand

And through teardrops and laughter
They'll pass through this world hand in hand
This good hearted woman
In love with her good timin' man

She's a good hearted woman
In love with a good timin' man
And she loves him in spite of his ways
That she don't understand


6.Funny How Time Slips Away(Live)

Lyricist:W. Nelson
Writer(s):W. Nelson

Well, hello there
My, it's been a long, long time
How am I doing?
Oh, I guess that I'm doing fine
It's been so long now,
But it seems now, that it was only yesterday
Gee, ain't it funny, how time slips away.

How's your new love?
I hope that he's doin fine
I heard you told him,
That you'd love him till the end of time
Now, that's the same thing that you told me
Seems like just the other day
Gee, ain't it funny, how time slips away.

I gotta go now
I guess I'll see you around
Don't know when though
Never know, when I'll be back in town
But remember, what I tell you
In time your gonna pay
And it's surprising, how time slips away...


7.Crazy(Live)

Lyricist:W. Nelson
Writer(s):W. Nelson

I'm crazy
crazy for feeling so lonely
I'm crazy
crazy for feeling so blue

I know
you'd love me as long as you wanted
then someday
leave me for somebody new

worry
why do I let myself worry
wondring
what in the world did I do

crazy
for thinking that my love could hold you
I'm crazy for crying
I'm crazy for trying
I'm crazy for loving you


8.Night Life(Live April 1978; Harrah's, Lake Tahoe, NV)

Lyricist:P. Buskirk/W. Breeland/W. Nelson
Writer(s):P. Buskirk/W. Breeland/W. Nelson

When that evenin' sun goes down
Yeah you'll find me hangin' around
Because the night life, it ain't no good life
But it's my life
Oh, all the people just like you and me
Oh, they all dreamin' about what they all used to be
I wanna tell you the night life, it ain't no good life people
Yeah, but it's my life

Yeah, yeah, yeah, listen to the blues
Listen to what they're sayin'
Oh please listen to the blues
Listen to the blues they playin'

Hey, they tell me in life
Life is just an empty scene
Oh, oh, an avenue people
An old avenue of broken dreams
But I tell you the night life, yes it ain't no good life
Hey, but it's my life

Yes, oh-ho-ho, yeah, can't stop singin' it
The night life, yes it ain't no good life
People but it's my life
Hey, oh-ho-ho yeah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
The night life ain't no good life
Oh but it's my life

Yeah, help me sing it again
One more time
Oh-ho-ho-ho,
You nkow the night life ain't no good life
Oh, but it's my life


9.Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain(Album Version)

Lyricist:F. Rose
Writer(s):F. Rose

In the twilight glow I see her blue eyes crying in the rain
And when we kissed goodbye and parted I knew we'd never meet
again
Love is like a dying ember only memories remain
Through the ages I'll remember blue eyes crying in the rain

Some day when we meet up yonder we'll stroll hand in hand again
In a land that knows no parting blue eyes crying in the rain


10.Georgia On My Mind(Live)

Lyricist:H. Carmichael/S. Gorrell
Writer(s):H. Carmichael/S. Gorrell

Georgia, Georgia,
The whole day through
Just an old sweet song
Keeps Georgia on my mind

I'm say Georgia
Georgia
A song of you
Comes as sweet and clear
As moonlight through the pines

Other arms reach out to me
Other eyes smile tenderly
Still in peaceful dreams I see
The road leads back to you

I said Georgia,
Ooh Georgia, no peace I find
Just an old sweet song
Keeps Georgia on my mind

Other arms reach out to me
Other eyes smile tenderly
Still in peaceful dreams I see
The road leads back to you

Georgia,
Georgia,
No peace, no peace I find
Just this old, sweet song
Keeps Georgia on my mind

I said just an old sweet song,
Keeps Georgia on my mind


11.Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground(Album Version)

Lyricist:Willie Nelson
Writer(s):Willie Nelson

You had not've fallen then I would not've found you
Angel flying too close to the ground
And I patched up your broken wing and hung around awhile
Trying to keep your spirits up and your fever down
I knew someday that you would fly away for love's the greatest
healer to be found
So leave me if you need to I will still remember angel flying
too close to the ground

Fly on fly on past the speed of sound I'd rather see you up than
see you down
So leave me if you need to I will still remember angel flying
too close to the ground
So leave me if you need to I will still remember angel flying
too close to the ground


12.On The Road Again(Album Version)

Lyricist:Willie Nelson
Writer(s):Willie Nelson

On the road again just can't wait to get on the road again
The life I love is making music with my friends
And I can't wait to get on the road again

On the road again goin' places that I've never been
Seein' things that I may never see again
And I can't wait to get on the road again

On the road again like a band of gypsies we go down the highway
We're the best of friends insisting that the world keep turning
our way and our way
Is on the road again just can't wait to get on the road again...

On the road again like a band of gypsies...
On the road again just can't wait to get on the road again...
And I can't wait to get on the road again